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Every home has a story to tell about Britain's housing crisis. Lynsey Hanley looks at controversial proposals for a large housing development surrounding Ian and Angela's converted oast house in Tudeley, Kent. When Ian and Angela first viewed Lilley Farm Oast House in 1986, it was love at first sight. Set in the Greenbelt, in a landscape of orchards and hop fields, it took just ten minutes to decide they were going to buy the property. Now there are proposals to build thousands of houses on the land immediately surrounding them. Ian and Angela have come together with other locals to fight the plan. House historian Melanie Backe-Hansen explores the history of Lilley Farm Oast House and Professor Paul Cheshire of the London School of Economics explores the dilemma of building on Greenbelt land. Producer: Laurence Grissell
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